Carbon storage in afromontane rain forests of the eastern arc mountains of tanzania: Their net contribution to atmospheric carbon

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 78-93

  Munishi, P K T ^a   Shear, T H ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Mitigation; Plant communities; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; GAS EMISSIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; VEGETATION; WOOD;

MITIGATION; PLANT COMMUNITIES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 1542335500     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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